Parents can’t always tell if their kids are overweight,

From Consumer Reports the latest survey shows many parents have trouble telling if their children are overweight, according to a Consumer Reports June phone survey that polled 609 parents of children ages 5 to 17. Only 4 percent of survey respondents described their children as being 20 percent or more above their ideal weight or obese. But Consumer Reports found that 19 percent of those children fell in that category, using the reported weight, height, and sex of each child to calculate the body mass index (BMI)--ratios that help determine body fat. And while 21 percent of respondents described their children as being at least slightly overweight, Consumer Reports estimates that number at 36 percent of those surveyed.